Maté is in fact a renowned Hungarian psychiatrist raised in Canada. Maté does great amounts of work in the field of addiction and in this book explores attention deficit disorder also commonly known as ADD. Maté speaks both as a professional and someone who has lived experience with ADD as a human and as a parent to children with ADD. Maté walks through some of the social causes of ADD including attachment difficulties with caregiver and child, and aspects of the brain which may not develop as a neurotypical person. Maté also explores healing methods - supporting parenting styles through family counselling, individual counselling and at appropriate times - which is not the case for all people, medication. Maté states that medication is not a cure all and other healing methods will be required. 

Despite the short chapters - often around 10 pages a chapter, I found myself moving through this book very slowly. I found the start very dense personally and I think this is one I’ll need a re-read to fully grasp the starting concepts about the brain and the impacts of attachment. However, I found the rest felt a lot easier for me to personally grasp. 

If you’re curious to know more about ADD in a more in depth capacity I highly recommend this book.